Most U.S. Towers Don't Have Bird-Safe Lighting, American Bird Conservancy Says
Operators of more than 750 communications towers nationwide have installed flashing lights, designed to save birds, but 15,000 towers remain unchanged, the American Bird Conservancy said Tuesday. Guidelines by the FCC and Federal Aviation Administration encourage the flashing lights, the…
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conservancy said. Steady red or white lights attract or disorient migratory birds flying at night and as many as 7 million die each year in the U.S. after collisions with towers and the guy wires that support them, the group said in a news release. “By extinguishing the non-flashing lights on towers, we can reduce night-time bird fatality rates by as much as 70 percent,” said Christine Sheppard, manager of the group’s Bird Collisions Campaign.